Thursday, January 10, 2013

What's Inside This Program?

This program was a smash! I called it "Take It Apart on
Tuesday @ Friday" (sometimes the name of our library is fun to play
with : ). Based on an idea I heard at WLA from Terry Ehle, I invited kids
ages 8-12 to come in and have at it with screwdrivers and various
non-working machines. We had an old computer, a broken Guitar Hero
guitar, a typewriter, and several other broken things. The kids had so
much fun as we talked, looked on in amazement as typewriter
keys flew into the air, and mysteries were uncovered. Providing some eye
protection and plenty of adult supervision is a good idea.